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From: Lozzo on 20 Mar 2010 15:02 Timo Geusch wrote: > I'm tempted to bid on a bid in the grim North and I'm just trying to > figure out what the logistics of getting it back to Kent would be. > > Trouble is that it'll take a day and half for the round trip (eight > hours up by train if yer lucky, 7 hours back by bike). I wouldn't mind > asking one of our recently unemployed but I'd be worried that he'd > burn the bike instead (yes, it's got BMW written on it). How unemployed do you have to be before you are able to swallow your pride and offer your services? I don't smoke any more, so I shouldn't be carrying anything that would enable me set fire to it. FWIW, you can do that trip in a day. When I was working for Nitro, once a month I used to drive up to Penrith in the morning, do a full day of sales meeting and then drive back to Bedford in the evening. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: The Older Gentleman on 20 Mar 2010 15:05 Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> wrote: > > If you don't mind it in stages, I could pick it up for you. > > I'll keep that in mind. Your place is a lot easier to get to (St > Helens, right?) than the middle of nowhere in Cumbria. I spent the night at the Porter's Lodge when I picked up a 400 Four, coincidentally also in Cumbria, a few years ago. Jean's breakfast bacon butties are to die for. (That is not a euphemism, by the way) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: The Older Gentleman on 20 Mar 2010 15:05 Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > FWIW, you can do that trip in a day. When I was working for Nitro, once > a month I used to drive up to Penrith in the morning, do a full day of > sales meeting and then drive back to Bedford in the evening. Timo lives in Ashford, Kent. I'd guess that it's at least an hour and a half from there to Bedford. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Lozzo on 20 Mar 2010 15:08 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > > > FWIW, you can do that trip in a day. When I was working for Nitro, > > once a month I used to drive up to Penrith in the morning, do a > > full day of sales meeting and then drive back to Bedford in the > > evening. > > Timo lives in Ashford, Kent. I'd guess that it's at least an hour and > a half from there to Bedford. Train from MK to Penrith is 3 1/2 hours. Do the hand over is about an hour, then ride back is about 5 hours to Timo's, then train home from there is another 2 hours. A day at the most. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: Timo Geusch on 20 Mar 2010 15:02
The Older Gentleman wrote: > Timo Geusch <tnewsSPAMMENOT(a)unixconsult.co.uk> wrote: > > > 3) There is a worldwide shortage of BMWs with these particular > > aftermarket accessories and they don't make any of them anymore > > It's that bloody RS, isn't it? I wanted that. It is. And you've still got a chance, I haven't even bid on it yet - need to figure out the logistics first. -- Morini Corsaro 125 | XL250 Motosport | R1150RT | 3 1/2 Sport Laverda SF2 BOTAFOF #33 TWA#10 The UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/index.html "Je profite du paysage" - Joe Bar |